Copy-holder.



No. 870,991. PATENTED 'NOV. 12, 1907.

H. E. PENNEY.

COPY HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED PEB- 2. 1907.

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No. 870,991. PATENTED NOV. 12, 1907.

H1 B. PEN NEY.

COPY HOLDER.

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PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY E. PENNEY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

COPY-HOLDER Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 12, 1907.

Application filed February 2.1907. Serial No. 365.471.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I IIARRY E. PENNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus,in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Copy-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This. invention has for its object, an improved construction of copy holder, designed for the use of stenographers, which is adapted to hold the copy directly over the machine where it may be seen with the least possible effort on the part of the operator, which may be instantly placed in position for work and as quickly folded when not in use, which will hold the copy securely and rigidly, which will be capable of instant adjustment to any desired position, and which may be used with any make of typewriting machine, as it is not directly attached thereto, but is secured to the desk or to the wall directly back of the said machine.

With this and other objects in view, as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and.

combinations of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved copy holder. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the head portion of the standard and the means for attaching the rods thereto; Fig. 3 is an edge view of the parts shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a rear perspective view of the copy holding plate, its supporting rods being shown attached and broken off. Fig. 5 is a front face view of the copy holding plate, a part of the plate being broken out. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the standard detached.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the reference characters.

My improved copy holder embodies a standard 1, which is preferably made of cast iron, and formed with a base 2 and flange 3, the standard being flanged on the bottom, so as to permit of its being screwed to a desk. The flange extends to the rear and. to the right of the bottom of the standard when placed in proper position, and the standard presents perpendicular sides on the front and left for the purpose of permitting free swing to sliding rods 7 and S and to also permit the plate 10 to descend close to the standard in front. The standard 1 is provided with a disk like head 4 which is formed with an aperture designed to receive the shank of a T-clamp 5, the head of which is formed with sockets or grooves 6 to receive the upper and lower rods 7 and 8. By tightening up the winged not of said '1- clamp the rods may be held projected from the top of the standard at any desired inclination and at any desired distance in front of the standard.

The rods 7 and S are pivotally mounted to their front ends in and between two angular brackets 9 that are secured to the rear face of a plate 10, and near the lower edge of said plate.

The plate 10 is provided near its upper edge with a stationary hook 11 projecting over its outer face and spaced therefrom and designed to co-act with an adjustable hook 12, in transverse alinement therewith and adapted to project over the outer face of the plate at the opposite side edge of the latter. The adjustable hook 12 is mounted to slide transversely in bearings 13 on the rear face of the plate and is provided at one end with a stop 14 so as to limit its outward movement, the stop in the present instance being formed by doubling the end of the hook upon itself.

15 designates a crook which projects above the upper edge of the plate 10, with its free extremity facing ad- 7 justable hook 12 and in the present instance the crook 15 is formed as an integral extension of the wire of which the stationary hook 11 is also formed, said wire being doubled upon itself at an intermediate point and riveted or otherwise secured to the rear face of the plate 10.

A spring clip 16 is secured at one end to the rear face of the plate 10 and is provided with a hooked free end projecting around one side edge of the plate and to bear under normal tension against the front face of the plate. By means of this clip, one or more loose leaves may be clipped to the front face of the plate 10, and a side guide 17 co-acts with said clip for the purpose of holding said leaves in a true or straight position. The guide 17 in the present instance is composed of a length of wire extending along one side edge of the plate 10 and with angular-1y disposed extremities rigidly or otherwise socured to the rear face of said plate.

It is to be noted, that the rod 7 is provided with a sto at its rear end, adapted to engage the head of the '1- clamp 5, so as to limit the forward movement of both rods, with respect to the T-clamp and prevent the disengagement of the rod and clamp. In the present instance, this stop is formed by bending the rear extremity of the said rod 7.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that when the standard 1 is secured to the wall back of the type writer desk, or to the desk itself, (which is preferable) just in the rear of the typewriting machine, the plate 10 may be held at any desired elevation, at any necessary distance in front of the standard and at any desired inclination with respect to the standard. As the rods 7 and 8 are pivot-ally connected to the plate at one end, and both held slidingly engaged with the head of the T-clamp 5 at their other ends, said T-clamp being mounted to turn within the head of the standard, provision is made for tilting the plate 10 to different inclinations without changing its elevation, one of the rods or the, other sliding in such tilting movement. It will be seen, that the plate may also be elevated or lowered as above noted, by merely loosening the nut of the clamp 5 and turning the clamp as a whole and looking it in proper adjusted position, and that the distance between the plate and the standard may be varied as above noted, by merely sliding both of the rods, backwardly through the head of the T-clamp 5.

To secure a stenographers note book to the base plate 10, it is only necessary to slide the adjustable hook 12 outwardly or away from the stationary hook 11, then slip the note book sidewise on to the stationary hook and then move the adjustable hook inwardly again, whereupon the two hooks will enter between some of the leaves of the note book and hold the same in proper position just over and in the rear of the typewriting machine, Where the typewriter may see the copy Without the necessity of turning the head. To remove the book it is only necessary to slip it upwardly from the two hooks. When the leaves are turned back over the outer edge of the plate 10 they will be held by means of the crook 15 in an evident manner. I

The entire holder, when not in use can be folded to occupy very little space by loosening the clamp, sliding the plate 10 back as far as it will go and lowering it in the perpendicular position, thereby permitting the use of the holder on folding typewriter desks, as it can be placed about two or three inches from the back of the machine and when the holder is folded as above, the desk can be dropped in the usual manner.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is:

1. A copy holder, comprising a standard, a copy holding plate, upper and lower rods, pivotally connected at one end to the rear of the plate, and a clamp revolubly mounted on the standard and with which said rods have a sliding connection.

2. A copy holder, comprising a standard, a copy holding plate, upper and lower rods, pivotally connected at one end to the said plate, and a Tclamp mounted to turn in said standard and provided with a tightening nut, said T-clamp being; provided with a head formed with grooves in which said rods are slidingly mounted, said clamp being adapted to bind said rods to the standard.

3. A copy holder, comprising a standard, a clamp mounted on said standard, a copy holding plate, rods .to which said plate is pivotally connected, said rods being slidingly mounted on said clamp, the latter being adapted to bind the rods to the standard, one of said rods being formed with a stop, whereby to limit the sliding movement of the rods in one direction.

i. A copy holding plate, provided with opposite facing hooks, one of which is stationary, and the other of which is laterally adjustable, the laterally adjustable hook being provided at one end with a stop and the plate being formed on its rear face with bearings in which said hook is mounted to slide, the stop being adapted to abut against one of said bearings, and the stationary hook consisting of a length of wire doubled upon itself at an intermediate point and secured at such point to.the rear of said plate, one end of said wire being bent around the side edge of the plate to form the hook and the other end of said wire extending upwardly and inwardly around the upper edge of the plate, whereby to form a leaf holding crook.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY E. PENNEY. [L. s.]

Witnesses NATHAN GUMBLE,

HENRY GUMBLE. 

